Task Sequence Error 0xffffffff

[bajeezus]

Hoping someone here has seen this error # before.

 

Platform:

SCCM 2012, No CAS, 1 PRI, 1 MP (https) several DPs (http)

 

Scenario:

Running a Config Manger 2012, MDT 2012 Integrated, Image and Capture task sequence and everything goes through fine until the Capture Group section, specifically in the "Prepare ConfigMgr Client" step. I get messages logged in the smsts.log and then the whole thing bombs:

 

SMSTS.LOG

 

Start to cleanup TS policy PrepareSMSClient 7/5/2012 2:32:43 PM 2284 (0x08EC)

Launching command shell. OSDSetupHook 7/5/2012 2:33:20 PM 1664 (0x0680)

executing command: C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /k OSDSetupHook 7/5/2012 2:33:20 PM 1664 (0x0680)

executed command: C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /k OSDSetupHook 7/5/2012 2:33:20 PM 1664 (0x0680)

getPointer()->ExecQuery( BString(L"WQL"), BString(pszQuery), lFlags, pContext, ppEnum ), HRESULT=ffffffff (e:\nts_sccm_release\sms\framework\core\ccmcore\wminamespace.cpp,389) PrepareSMSClient 7/5/2012 2:37:52 PM 2284 (0x08EC)

ns.Query(sQuery, &spEnum), HRESULT=ffffffff (e:\nts_sccm_release\sms\framework\tscore\utils.cpp,2800) PrepareSMSClient 7/5/2012 2:37:52 PM 2284 (0x08EC)

Wmi query 'select * from CCM_Policy where PolicySource = 'CcmTaskSequence'' failed, hr=0xffffffff PrepareSMSClient 7/5/2012 2:37:52 PM 2284 (0x08EC)

End TS policy cleanup PrepareSMSClient 7/5/2012 2:37:52 PM 2284 (0x08EC)

TS::Utility::CleanupPolicyEx(false), HRESULT=ffffffff (e:\nts_sccm_release\sms\client\osdeployment\preparesmsclient\preparesmsclient.cpp,457) PrepareSMSClient 7/5/2012 2:37:52 PM 2284 (0x08EC)

Failed to delete policies compiled by TaskSequence (0xffffffff) PrepareSMSClient 7/5/2012 2:37:52 PM 2284 (0x08EC)

Failed to prepare SMS Client for capture, hr=ffffffff PrepareSMSClient 7/5/2012 2:37:52 PM 2284 (0x08EC)

pCmd->Execute(), HRESULT=ffffffff (e:\nts_sccm_release\sms\client\osdeployment\preparesmsclient\main.cpp,136) PrepareSMSClient 7/5/2012 2:37:52 PM 2284 (0x08EC)

Failed to prepare SMS Client for capture, hr=ffffffff PrepareSMSClient 7/5/2012 2:37:52 PM 2284 (0x08EC)

Process completed with exit code 4294967295 TSManager 7/5/2012 2:37:52 PM 1700 (0x06A4)

!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------! TSManager 7/5/2012 2:37:52 PM 1700 (0x06A4)

Failed to run the action: Prepare ConfigMgr Client.

Unknown error (Error: FFFFFFFF; Source: Unknown) TSManager 7/5/2012 2:37:52 PM 1700 (0x06A4)

 

Weird thing is this is a thick image i'm building which includes around 20 applications. If I leave one application out then the capture sequence completes successfully. Is there a limitation as to how many applications can be installed in a task sequence? I know in the Application Installation step you can only have 9 but overall is there a max #?

[bajeezus]

Got it resolved. Looks like one of the free viewer apps from Autodesk was causing the issue. After re-creating the deployment type for Freedom Viewer 2013, the capture sequence is now working.